Comment 71 for bug 1767703

Lenovo Z570
If you create a /boot/efi partition (Fat32) first Ubuntu 18.04 installs BUT
you cannot boot Windows 7 which is install legacy/bios boot. The only way I
could solve it was to delete all the partitions and reinstall Windows 7 in
UEFI boot mode. Then you can install 18.04 and boot either OS at startup.
Of course you have to keep all your data somewhere else. I got the computer
second hand so I didn't have any apps or data on it.

With best wishes,
Nigel Lumsden

+44 747 402 5466

On 19 May 2018 at 09:27, Keshav Parankusham <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I've tried boot-repair and many other solutions, but I was always
> getting an error that boot/efi directory was not found. Finally I tried
> disabling the UEFI mode and it worked like a charm. I don't know why
> I've never seen anyone mention to disable this, instead I just found
> more discription of how things work and tried to create partitions etc
> etc...
>
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> duplicate bug report (1770991).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1767703
>
> Title:
> Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64-signed' failed
>
> Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
> /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 1739, in <module>
> /plugininstall.py: install.run()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 61, in wrapper
> /plugininstall.py: func(self)
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 227, in run
> /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
> /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line
> 971, in configure_bootloader
> /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
> /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError:
> GrubInstaller failed with code 1
>
> ************************
>
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> MBR-EFI-GPT explanations/requirements:
>
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/500359/efi-boot-partition-and-biosgrub-
> partition
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/831216/how-can-i-
> reinstall-grub-to-the-efi-partition
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/578928/why-i-need-
> several-boot-partitions-efi-and-bios-grub
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Manual fix:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/
> 1766945/comments/3
>
> also see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-
> installer/+bug/1763441/comments/2
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair
>
> https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2390700
>
> ************************
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: ubiquity 18.04.14
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.394
> CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
> Date: Sat Apr 28 20:39:35 2018
> InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed
> boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64
> (20180426)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
> LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: grub-installer
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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